TNAG-1797-FCO40-2557-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 124

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VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR IN BANGKOK IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROCESS FOR THE RETURN OF VIETNAMESE CITIZENS NOW IN CAMPS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA. HE CONSIDERS THAT SUCH A PROCESS 15 BEST INTRODUCED GRADUALLY STARTING WITH SMALL GROUPS OF VOLUNTEERS.

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ON 9 SEPTEMBER 1988 SIMINGTON (PRINCIPAL ADVISER, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, DILGEA) CALLED ON VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR LE MAI TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT SITUATION CONCERNING THE VIETNAMESE OUTFLOW.

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SIMINGTON REMINDED THE AMBASSADOR THAT THEY HAD AT THEIR LAST MEETING DISCUSSED THE QUESTION OF ILLEGAL DEPARTURES FROM VIETNAM. HE SOUGHT COMMENT FROM THE AMBASSADOR ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE MALAYSIAN DELEGATION'S RECENT VISIT

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